Personal Improvement

Always Plan For The Worst Back in the 90s, I was working for a large petroleum company selling bulk fuel and had just booked a large contract. My manager was extremely excited about the new business – primarily because the new business meant a potentially huge bonus. When I was forecasting the new agreement’s … Continue reading How To Prepare For Anything In Business→

Made It Through Another One I put my head on the table and let out a huge exhale. For over two months I had waited for this phone call. In early December, my company announced that it would be engaging in one of the biggest restructures in company history. A constantly evolving world demanded that … Continue reading The Best Career Advice You’ll Ever Get→

A Force To Be Reckoned With A few years ago, I attended an industry event and had the honor of spending the weekend with a former NFL player who absolutely dominated the free safety position from 2002 – 2009. Despite his NFL success, this former “pro bowler” was not a highly recruited college player. In … Continue reading Success Requires The Mindset of A Conqueror→

Problems Suck Let’s not play ridiculous word games about problems really being opportunities in disguise. That’s B.S. and we all know it. Problems suck. They suck a lot. Big problems suck a WHOLE lot. However Let’s Be Grateful Despite the misery of problems, we should be grateful they exist (no, I’m not back to word … Continue reading Problems Suck. Here’s How To Deal With Them→

Are You Scared Of Monsters? Let me ask you a question: Are you scared of monsters? I’m not talking about the “monster under your bed” kind we all feared as a kid. No, I’m talking about a much bigger and much scarier monster-your goal. You know the one I’m talking about. That big hairy, audacious … Continue reading The Secret To Hitting Your Goals-No Matter How Big→

Vision: “The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our our commitment to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to achieve excellence. Only VISION allows us to transform dreams of greatness into the reality of achievement through human action. VISION has … Continue reading Success Requires Vision→

How Do You Fix A Train Wreck? Ten years ago I had to SWOT one of my best friends. This was a guy I had grown close to after college and spent a fair amount of time with. For this reason I was absolutely blown away when he approached me one day with a plea … Continue reading SWOT Yourself To A Better Life→